Please Touch Museum

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Please Touch Museum’s Storybook Ball

The Please Touch Museum held its annual Storybook Ball on Saturday April 25th to benefit the museum’s literacy programming for young children. Families were encouraged to dress […]

Property

Is the Former Please Touch Museum Site Going to be Demolished?

Here’s an interesting nugget of information found in a document of the January minutes of the Logan Square Neighborhood Association (LSNA). As you’ll read in topic #7 under the Zoning […]

City Life

Measles Scare at Please Touch Museum

UPDATE: According to multiple reports, the Health Department has indicated that the person did not, in fact, test positive for measles. ORIGINAL: If you were […]

The Scene

Little Smiles 7th Annual Stars Ball

Little Smiles lit up the lives of 12 children living with life-altering diseases at the Seventh Annual Stars Ball on Saturday night, November 22nd, at the Please […]

Things to Do

8 Halloween Events in Philly That Are Just For Kids

We’ve already told you about all the spooky, ghoulish events around the city this month, but what about the little trick-or-treaters? There’s plenty of kid-friendly Halloween fun […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Bondholders Target Please Touch Exhibits

The Please Touch Museum, the beloved interactive children’s museum that moved to Memorial Hall in 2008, is in deep financial trouble, and now debtors are […]

City

Please Touch Museum May Be Forced to Sell Off Some Exhibits

The owners of the Please Touch Museum’s bond debt say they will begin selling off its assets — including exhibits. The plan to sell assets […]

Things to Do

DO THIS: ConKerr Cancer’s PJ Party at the Please Touch Museum

Don your footsie pajamas for a good cause at the second annual ConKerr Cancer PJ Party at the Please Touch Museum. ConKerr Cancer’s Cindy Kerr started […]

City Life

Please Touch Museum Defaults on Debt

Well, this is unfortunate if not entirely unexpected—another major institution serving Philly kids has finally been overtaken by its financial overreach: The Please Touch Museum […]